Historical Events 1653 - Nicolas Fouquet appointed France's Superintendent of Finances 1908 - Philadelphia Athletics' manager and owner Connie Mack sells future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5‚000 1934 - 1st contract for TVA power‚ Tupelo‚ Mississippi 1950 - Georges Bidault forms French government 1969 - Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO 2021 - Super Bowl LV‚ Raymond James Stadium‚ Tampa‚ FL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominate defending champion Kansas City Chiefs‚ 31-9; MVP: Tom Brady‚ TB Bucs‚ QB; Brady's record 7th SB win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1825 - Cristóbal Oudrid‚ Spanish pianist‚ conductor‚ and orchestral and zarzuela composer (Rondeña; El molinero de Subiza)‚ born in Badajoz‚ Spain (d. 1877) 1878 - Ossip Gabrilovich‚ Russian-American pianist‚ conductor (Detroit Symphony‚ 1918-36)‚ and composer‚ born in Saint Petersburg‚ Russia (d. 1936) 1923 - Martha Holmes‚ American photographer (d. 2006) 1958 - Michele Drake‚ playmate (May‚ 1979)‚ born in La Jolla‚ California 1978 - Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde‚ Nigerian Nollywood actress‚ born in Lagos 1979 - Daniel Bierofka‚ German football player and coach‚ born in Munich‚ West Germany More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1820 - Samuel Adams Holyoke‚ American composer‚ dies at 57 1964 - Lillian Copeland‚ US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932)‚ dies at 59 1990 - Nathan Wartels‚ American publisher (Crown)‚ dies at 88 of pneumonia 2020 - Steve Weber‚ American psychedelic folk guitarist‚ (The Holy Modal Rounders - "Bird Song"; "You've Got the Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo")‚dies at 76 2020 - Li Wenliang‚ Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm over COVID-19‚ dies of COVID-19 in Wuhan at 34 2021 - Elliot Mazer‚ American audio engineer and record producer (Chubby Checker; Neil Young)‚ dies of a heart attack at 71 More Famous Deaths »